Altmusic Presents: Hildur Gudnadottir NZ Tour

Monday 18th July, 2011 9:34AM

Altmusic returns with it's international touring program for 2011, announcing Icelandic cellist and composer Hildur Gudnadottir for four dates in August. Hildur will play gallery's across the country with a local guest or two in each city...

Altmusic is proud to present Hildur GuÃ°nadÃ³ttir (pronounced Hill-dur Guth-nah-door-tier) as part of Altmusic's programme of exciting & innovative international musicians touring New Zealand in 2011.

Hildur IngveldardÃ³ttir GuÃ°nadÃ³ttir (b. 1982) is a cellist and composer based in Iceland. Best known for her collaborations with mÃºm and guest appearances with Pan Sonic, she has a rich catalogue of collaborations and varied projects behind her, the most recent being the critically acclaimed Mount A (Touch 2010).

âHer themes and melodies are simple, rarely more than a few bars, but the way she overlaps and combines them or pits them against long held tones, gives her music a tension between restless activity and quiet stasis, as well as an intuitive, almost improvised feelâ - Dusted magazine

GuÃ°nadÃ³ttir likes to explore the nature and movement of sound, and often turns her experiments into sound and visual installations. She recently co-composed a live soundtrack to Derek Jarman's 1980 film In The Shadow of The Sun with legends Throbbing Gristle, arranged choir for performances by them in Austria and London. GuÃ°nadÃ³ttir is also a member of Storsveit Nix Noltes (The Nix Noltes Big Band), a rotating cast of 7 to 10 Icelanders playing traditional Bulgarian and Greek dance music. The group has toured the US twice supporting Animal Collective.

GuÃ°nadÃ³ttir has collaborated, played and recorded with other artists such as SkÃºli Sverrisson, Hilmar Jensson, Hafler trio, JÃ³hann JÃ³hannsson, Nico Muhly, Valgeir SigurÃ°sson, Angel, SchneiderTM, Ben Frost and Stilluppsteypa. As a composer she has written music for plays, dance performances and films, pieces for chamber orchestras, various instruments, voices and electronics.